direct

Etymology
Borrowed from, perfect passive participle of , from +. Compare dress. .

For the meaning development compare with, connected with.

Adjective

 * 1) Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
 * 2) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
 * 3) Straightforward; sincere.
 * 4) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
 * 5) In the line of descent; not collateral.
 * 6)  In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
 * 7)  Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
 * 8)  Having a single flight number.
 * 9)  Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
 * 1)  In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
 * 2)  Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
 * 3)  Having a single flight number.
 * 4)  Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
 * 1)  Having a single flight number.
 * 2)  Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:explicit
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مُبَاشِر
 * Asturian: direutu
 * Belarusian: прамы́, непасрэ́дны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 直接
 * Cornish: didro, syth
 * Czech:
 * Danish: direkte
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: otse
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: dret
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: dirèk
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: dīrectus,
 * Macedonian: директен, непосреден
 * Maori: horipū, tohitū, pūkaka, arorangi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: direkte
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: airt
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дѝректан, не̏посредан
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: priamy
 * Slovene: direkten, neposreden
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: سیدھا
 * Welsh: ,

Adverb

 * 1) Directly.

Verb

 * 1) To manage, control, steer.
 * to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
 * 1) To aim (something) at (something else).
 * They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
 * He directed his question to the room in general.
 * 1) To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
 * He directed me to the left-hand road.
 * 1) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
 * She directed them to leave immediately.
 * 1)  To address (a letter)  a particular person or place.
 * 1)  To address (a letter)  a particular person or place.
 * 1)  To address (a letter)  a particular person or place.

Translations

 * Arabic:, قَاد
 * Asturian: dirixir
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: dirigere, lede
 * Esperanto: gvidi, aldirekti
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: εὐθύνω
 * Hebrew: ניהל
 * Ido:
 * Irish: deachtaigh, treoraigh
 * Kazakh: басқару
 * Latin:
 * Middle English: dressen
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: राष्टि
 * Slovak: riadiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: керувати


 * Arabic: أَخْرَجَ
 * Esperanto: reĝisori
 * Hungarian:
 * Kazakh: режиссерлік ету
 * Polish:, wyreżyserować
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: režírovať
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: أَخْرَجَ
 * Danish: inscenesætte
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: sette i scene
 * Polish: inscenizować, zainscenizować
 * Slovak: režírovať


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: rette
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Kazakh:, кезеу, бағыттау
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Maori: whakangoto, whakakeko
 * Middle English: dressen
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: mieriť, namieriť, adresovať, upriamiť
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: скеровувати


 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: συντάσσω
 * Plautdietsch: befälen
 * Polish: ,
 * Slovak: nariadiť, nariaďovať

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * , immediate
 * , blunt, frank

Adverb

 * 1) immediately

Etymology 1
., which was inherited.

Noun

 * 1)  live broadcast, live reporting

Etymology 2
From.

Adverb

 * 1)  directly

Etymology
Borrowed from, perfect passive participle of. Compare the inherited,.

Adjective

 * 1)  direct

Etymology
, . Compare the inherited doublet.

Adjective

 * 1) head-on
 * 1) head-on

Adverb

 * 1) directly
 * 2) straight